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Ohio shatters midterm early voting record with 3 days until Election Day
Ohio voters have officially smashed the state’s midterm early voting record, with nearly 1.5 million ballots already cast and more voting hours still to come.
As of 6 a.m. Saturday, 1,485,900 Ohioans had cast their ballots, according to the Associated Press, surpassing the previous midterm record of 1,473,983 set in 2022.
That puts the Buckeye State nearly 12,000 votes ahead of its previous record before early voting has even concluded.
The milestone comes as Republicans and Democrats make their final push ahead of Tuesday’s high-stakes midterm elections.
12 mins agoMike Rogers trolls Abdul El-Sayed with hilarious Halloween birthday gift basket at Michigan rally
Michigan Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers turned Democratic rival Abdul El-Sayed’s Halloween birthday into a roast Saturday, unveiling a gag gift basket packed with jabs at his opponent’s past remarks.
“Wouldn’t it be nice if we got him a gift basket?” Rogers joked as his wife, Kristi, held up the presents before a cheering crowd.
The basket included a football, fireworks, a toy Ford pickup truck, a dog bone and Dubai chocolate, each accompanied by a pointed dig at El-Sayed.
“A football, because he thinks football is toxic masculinity,” Rogers joked.
Rogers also presented fireworks, accusing his opponent of disliking the Fourth of July.
“And why is that? Because we love America,” he declared to cheers.
Then came the final gift: a small, black, fitted tee shirt, drawing another reaction from the crowd.
The playful takedown came just three days before Election Day as Rogers and El-Sayed battle for Michigan’s open Senate seat.
39 mins agoMaine Democrat takes swipe at Collins as Fox News poll shows dead heat in Senate showdown
Maine Democrat Senate nominee Troy Jackson took a shot at five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins on Saturday, declaring he has a “good shot” at unseating her just three days before Election Day.
“Well, with her record, I’d be worried too,” Jackson told Fox News when asked whether Collins should be concerned about losing her seat.
The jab comes as the latest Fox News poll shows the candidates locked in a 49-49 tie.
“I don’t know anything about the polls, I mean I see them, but all I can tell you is on the ground people are excited for change,” Jackson said during the interview in Ellsworth.
Jackson also waded into Maine’s lobster industry dispute, crediting Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., rather than Collins, with securing a pause in federal regulations.
Collins has accused Cantwell of stalling legislation aimed at protecting the state’s lobster industry.
Jackson warned that Maine’s $2 billion industry is at stake, saying, “if we lose it, people are going to be hurt.”
Fox News’ Alexis McAdams contributed to this reporting.
1 hour agoMarshall warns Schumer trying to ‘buy’ Kansas Senate race as President Trump heads to state
Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., accused Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of trying to buy his Senate seat as Democrats pour millions into the race ahead of Tuesday’s midterms.
“We’re not going to let Chuck Schumer buy this race,” Marshall told Kayleigh McEnany on “Saturday in America,” warning that the contest is on track to exceed $100 million in spending.
Marshall said President Donald Trump’s upcoming Sunday rally in Salina could prove critical to turning out roughly 175,000 Kansas voters who typically cast ballots only when Trump is running.
“We need these Trump voters to get out in mass, or we get end up handing over this seat to Chuck Schumer and the radical liberals,” Marshall warned.
The Kansas Republican said he and Trump have spoken nearly every day this week as the president prepares to make a final push for GOP turnout just two days before Election Day.
Marshall faces off against Democratic pastor Adam Hamilton on Tuesday.
1 hour agoNo Kings says Meta acknowledged ‘mistake’ in Instagram suspension during early voting push
The “No Kings” protest movement said Saturday that its leaders met with Meta executives over the temporary suspension of its Instagram account two weeks ago, which the company again acknowledged was a mistake.
Meta suspended the account on Oct. 17 for several hours, while the organization says it was in the full swing of mobilizing people to vote early.
“An apology without action does nothing to ensure that this kind of censorship won’t happen again. With just three days until Election Day, that is unacceptable,” the No Kings Coalition said. “Their own oversight board agreed that Meta’s ‘over-enforcement suppresses political speech,’ yet Meta refused to share logs related to this censorship or address systemic problems and a history of silencing marginalized voices with new safeguards.”
Meta Vice President Andy Stone said on Oct. 17 that the ban was the result of an automated system.
“When accounts post, share or comment at very high frequencies it can trigger automated systems. That’s what happened with the No Kings IG account in the lead up to today’s day of action. Unfortunately, that automated action was clearly taken in error. Everything is now working as it should and we sincerely apologize,” Stone said in a social media post.
2 hours agoRamaswamy says data centers must meet new standards to get built in Ohio
Vivek Ramaswamy told reporters during a campaign stop on Saturday that he will favor robust restrictions on data center construction if he is elected Ohio’s next governor.
“We’re going to set standards to say that here are the minimum standards they need to meet in order to get built, put them on abandoned industrial sites, not on fertile farmland or residential communities,” he said, adding that they should be built around trees to limit their potential to be “eyesores” or cause noise pollution.
“If they don’t meet those standards, you’re right, they’re not going to get built,” the Republican gubernatorial nominee said. “I think that’s a common sense plan, actually.”
Ramaswamy has shifted his rhetoric on data centers considerably, with his statements last year largely focused on the positives he said they’d bring.
“We have an AI data center boom in the state of Ohio, which is great. I’m all for it, I’m strongly in favor of it,” he said last April.
3 hours agoDOJ demands ballots be preserved amid probe of candidate sharing Sen. Dan Sullivan’s name
The Department of Justice told Fox News Digital on Saturday that it is standing by its demand that Alaska election officials preserve ballots to determine whether voters were confused by two Senate candidates named Dan Sullivan.
“New York Times reporting showed that the Peltola campaign and [the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee] recruited a man who shares Senator Dan Sullivan’s name to trick Alaskans out of their votes. He even tried to appear on the ballot as ‘Dan S. Sullivan’ and copied Senator Sullivan’s logo,” the DOJ said.
The statement continued: “Alaska’s governor has ordered a state investigation. Our lawsuit asks that ballots be preserved so Alaska can determine whether voters were deceived. Anyone defending this scheme should have to explain why.”
The DOJ sued Alaska on Oct. 22 seeking to prevent certification if Sen. Sullivan lost, before filing an amended complaint incorporating the reporting from The New York Times.
Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr contributed to this post.
3 hours agoWhy the Ilhan Omar saga isn’t going away
President Donald Trump has his favorite riffs during campaign rallies.
He’s recently complimented the physique of Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio. He still calls out former President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
But in recent weeks, the president spun Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., into heavy rotation on his playlist. The Department of Homeland Security and Justice Department are now probing Omar for alleged immigration fraud and financial disclosure reports.
“What she did was use a fake name and other things that are fake,” the president groused about Omar. “She used the fake name to be sworn in. I assume she must immediately resign from Congress.”
Trump argued that Democrats “just conceded her seat.”
And the president declared that “she will not be legally allowed to be a member of that August body of politicians.”
This is an excerpt from a story by Fox News’ Chad Pergram.
3 hours agoMinnesota voter backs Peggy Flanagan over her ‘strong stand against ICE’
A Minnesota voter told Fox News Bill Melugin outside an early voting location in Minneapolis that she supports Democratic Senate nominee Peggy Flanagan for “strong stand against ICE.”
Speaking to correspondent Bill Melugin, Christina Kuha said she appreciated Flanagan’s opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s deployment to Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge.
“I think that’s really important. We protect our neighbors no matter where they’re from around here. And I think that’s really the biggest issue that I like of hers,” Kuha said.
Kuha also addressed how Flanagan, who is serving as lieutenant governor, has sought to distance herself from Tim Walz’s handling of Minnesota’s fraud scandal, arguing that the governor — not her — oversaw the state’s response.
Kuha said she could understand how this would be a “good strategy” on Flanagan’s part but argued that “there’s a lot of misinformation about the fraud.”
4 hours agoHaley Stevens’ fiancé reveals moment he decided to vote for Mike Rogers
Jason Turkish, the fiancé of former Michigan Senate candidate Haley Stevens, revealed to “Fox & Friends” Saturday morning the ultimate reason he decided to vote for Republican Mike Rogers despite being a “lifelong Democrat.”
Stevens lost the Democratic primary to Abdul El-Sayed, who Turkish criticized for refusing to say Iran posed a greater threat to the U.S. than Israel during a debate with Rogers.
“That was the moment I decided to vote for Mike Rogers,” Turkish said. “This isn’t a particularly close call. This is a regime that has spilled American blood, whose leaders lead chants of death to America.”
He said El-Sayed was equivocating between Israel, “an actual ally,” and Iran, which he described as an enemy.
5 hours agoMike Rogers meets with Black Detroit pastors to discuss voting rights, police brutality
Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee for Senate in Michigan, told reporters Saturday morning he had a “productive” meeting with two Black pastors in the Detroit area.
Over breakfast, the men discussed police brutality, education, the economy and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, a bill that would give the federal government more power to prevent racial discrimination in voting.
Rev. Charlie Williams, pastor of Historic King Solomon Baptist Church, said that while he appreciated Rogers taking the time to meet with him, he would still encourage people to vote Democrat.
“We have gotten to the place where we cannot sit down and get good government for the people,” said Williams, who voted for Abdul El-Sayed. “That means people on the right and people on the left have to sit down and start working on policy.”
He called it a “strange” moment to be meeting with Rogers because typically, he would never be caught “standing next to a Republican.”
“I still think at the same time his leadership is important,” Williams said.
Rogers has said that Black residents in Detroit are his fastest growing voter base, despite not winning over Williams.
“We are in Detroit right now because we care about education, we care about literacy, we care about putting shop back in schools and getting kids connected to the skilled trades,” Rogers said.
Rogers didn’t commit to supporting the John Lewis Voting Rights Act but said he would vote for a bill that introduces a voter ID requirement.
6 hours agoDemocratic Alaska voters stand by Peltola amid claims she recruited another Dan Sullivan to run
Two Democratic voters in Alaska told Fox News Digital that they didn’t believe former congresswoman Mary Peltola was behind the alleged scheme to recruit a man with a nearly identical name to her opponent, incumbent Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan.
Martina, a 40-year-old speech therapist, said the two candidates having the same first and last name was a “nice coincidence.”
“Anybody can run as long as they meet the criteria and if they happen to have the same name, then it’s a nice coincidence,” Martina said Friday outside an early voting site at Midtown Mall in Anchorage.
Another voter, Kelly, said she voted for Peltola and chalked up the two Dan Sullivans on the ballot to a “coincidence.”
Kelly, who is Yup’ik, Alaska’s largest Native group, works for her regional Alaska Native Corporation and said Native voters who do not speak English can receive assistance if they find the ballot confusing.
Both Martina and Kelly argued that since the word “incumbent” is next to Dan S. Sullivan’s name on the ballot, that should prevent any potential confusion.
6 hours agoAlaska voters blast Peltola campaign over alleged ‘other Dan Sullivan’ spoiler scheme
Several voters who spoke to Fox News Digital on Friday outside an early voting location in Anchorage, Alaska, said they believed the reports that Mary Peltola’s senate campaign recruited Dan J. Sullivan Jr. to run as a spoiler against the incumbent Republican with an almost identical name.
Robby, who works as a sculptor, said Peltola “betrayed the trust of Alaska voters.”
“While I believe it’s not against the law, I believe it was underhanded and I consider it cheating by the Mary Peltola campaign,” he said outside the Midtown Mall after casting his ballot. “It’s unconventional to find a person with the same first and last name to run agains the candidate that you’re running against. I don’t think it’s done very often, probably almost never.”
Robby said he believes Peltola should be taken off the ballot as an option, a sentiment shared by President Donald Trump, who also called the former Alaska congresswoman to be criminally prosecuted.
Beth and Marge, two additional Alaska voters who spoke to Fox News Digital outside the same Anchorage early voting site, said they also felt that the Peltola campaign was engaging in dirty politics.
Marge, an 80-year-old former nurse, suggested that Peltola should take a lie detector test to see if she is telling the truth about denying any involvement in recruiting the other Dan Sullivan.
Beth, who is also retired after having worked in the medical field, said she never cared for Peltola even before this scandal.
Neither of them believed Peltola would adequately represent the state if elected, with Marge saying Alaska’s current Republican congressman, Nick Begich III, has done a much better job so far.
7 hours agoTrump push to oust Omar faces historic Supreme Court test, but legal experts see ‘uncharted’ twist
President Donald Trump’s push to oust Rep. Ilhan Omar amid allegations of immigration fraud could trigger a constitutional fight, with legal experts telling Fox News Digital that a landmark Supreme Court case involving another entrenched Democrat may not stand in Republicans’ way.
Federal investigators are examining whether the Minneapolis Democrat improperly obtained U.S. citizenship through allegedly fraudulent immigration paperwork involving her late father. Omar has denied wrongdoing, and no finding that she lacks U.S. citizenship has been established.
Experts said Omar may not have the protections established in the landmark case involving House chairman Adam Clayton Powell Jr., D-N.Y., in which the Supreme Court blocked an effort to exclude him from Congress.
Powell faced allegations of misusing congressional funds and improperly paying his wife from the congressional payroll. Despite his reelection, the House voted to exclude him in 1967, but the Supreme Court later ruled that Congress could not refuse to seat a duly elected member who satisfied the Constitution’s qualifications.
The first potential route for Republicans would be to challenge whether Omar meets the Constitution’s citizenship requirement. Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo and constitutional scholar Cully Stimson told Fox News Digital that the Powell ruling does not prevent Congress from enforcing constitutional qualifications.
This is an excerpt from a story by Fox News Digital’s Charles Creitz.
8 hours agoFederal judge blocks Trump DOJ threats against election workers ahead of 2026 midterms
A federal judge on Friday temporarily barred the Trump administration from threatening election workers with criminal prosecution over ballots tied to suspected noncitizens.
U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson found that the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security likely violated the Voting Rights Act’s prohibition against voter intimidation by threatening election workers with prosecution for processing ballots from voters the administration claims are ineligible, just days before the midterm elections.
“One of the hallmarks of a fair election is the freedom to exercise the right to vote free from threat, fear, or intimidation,” Thompson, a Biden-appointed judge, wrote in the eight-page order.
The ruling comes as the Trump administration has sought voter registration information from states ahead of the Nov. 3 elections, arguing that its efforts are aimed at preventing noncitizen voting and protecting election integrity.
This is an excerpt from a story by Fox News Digital’s Michael Sinkewicz.
8 hours agoDems’ warnings about threats to democracy faces a reckoning after Alaska election report
While prominent Democrats have spent years warning about threats to democracy, dozens of lawmakers and governors who endorsed Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola have declined to respond to Fox News Digital’s questions about a reported effort to confuse voters and potentially cost Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan his seat.
The New York Times reported Wednesday that aides to Democratic Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola helped recruit a man named Dan Sullivan to run in an alleged effort to draw votes from Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan – though Peltola’s campaign has denied involvement.
Fox News Digital reached out to 42 Democratic lawmakers and governors who endorsed Peltola to ask whether they would denounce the alleged effort to mislead Alaska voters.
As of publication, not a single one has responded.
This is an excerpt from a story by Fox News Digital’s Robert Schmad.
9 hours agoConservative organization says over 3,000 dead people are on Maine’s voter rolls
A conservative legal group filed an election complaint in Maine Tuesday, alleging that more than 3,000 potentially dead people and hundreds of duplicate registrations were discovered on the state’s voter rolls just days before the pivotal midterm elections.
The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) identified 3,181 potentially dead voters and 693 duplicate registrations, urging the state to take action as Mainers prepare to cast their ballots Tuesday.
“Now we know why they were hiding them because there were problems on them,” Adams told Fox News Digital. “They have dead people, they have lots of duplicates and they have general problems. It’s something that should have been fixed a long time ago.”
The complaint, which was filed with Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, argues election officials have not made a “reasonable effort” to remove ineligible voters from the official list.
Adams said the state should have discovered the information, not his group.
This is an excerpt from a story by Fox News Digital’s Kiera McDonald and Andrew Mark Miller.
10 hours agoPeltola ‘deeply offended’ by allegations amid investigations into Alaska Senate race
Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola denied allegations Friday night that she was involved in efforts having to do with another candidate’s entry into the race, saying that she was “deeply offended” by the accusations.
“I am so deeply offended by these accusations about having any involvement with anyone else’s candidacy,” Peltola said during a rally in Anchorage.
“Of course I want fewer candidates in the primary,” she continued. “I’m not out soliciting more competition.
“Her comments come as federal and state investigations examine allegations first reported by The New York Times, that members of her campaign and Democratic operatives were helping to recruit another candidate named Dan Sullivan to run against Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
Peltola and her campaign continue to deny involvement in the alleged effort.
The former Alaska congresswoman has also argued Friday that she did not need outside assistance in order to compete against Sullivan.
“I do not need any help winning this race except by all of you in this room and the massive amounts of support we have across the state from Utqiagvik to Metlakatla,” Peltola said.
10 hours agoTrump brings Donalds, Moody onstage for final Florida rally push: ‘Let’s go win’
President Donald Trump brought Florida Republican gubernatorial nominee Byron Donalds and Sen. Ashley Moody onstage at his Daytona Beach rally Friday night, giving both candidates a final opportunity to rally voters just four days before Election Day.
Donalds thanked Trump for returning to Florida and urged supporters to deliver Republican victories up and down the ballot.
“We have to win in four days. And it means everybody in our state has to get out and vote. Go vote,” Donalds declared.
The gubernatorial hopeful also pledged to fight for a free Cuba and keep Florida free of Sharia law.
“There will be no Sharia law here in Florida,” Donalds said. “God bless you, Daytona Beach, go vote. Let’s go win.”
Moody followed with a forceful appeal centered on public safety, praising Trump’s crackdown on fentanyl trafficking and illegal immigration.
“Vote like you have something to lose, because you do,” Moody told the crowd. “We will win this thing. We will make America safe again with your help.”
10 hours agoDemocrat civil war erupts as El-Sayed tells Stevens to stay away from campaign events in final days
Michigan’s Democratic Senate infighting reached a boiling point Friday as nominee Abdul El-Sayed‘s campaign told former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens to stay away from his campaign events.
A source familiar with the discussions confirmed the snub to Fox News after Politico first reported the development Friday.
The clash comes just four days before Election Day, as El-Sayed faces Republican Mike Rogers in a closely watched Senate showdown.Stevens has sharply criticized El-Sayed’s views on Israel, while her fiancé has publicly endorsed Rogers.
The latest blowup casts doubt on a proposed Sunday appearance alongside Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., intended to showcase Democratic unity ahead of Tuesday’s vote.
Fox News’ Rich Edson contributed to this reporting.
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